Tag: cows and calves
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Ten days running
Bobby T the Dutch Belted/Holstein cross calf is only ten days old. Such a strong vigorous boy. His favourite thing is to chase dogs. It is amazing really how busy and strong these animals are right from birth and yet human babies who sit fatly at the top of the food chain are so fragile,…
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Lady Astor
Yesterday we worked hard at getting Poppy’s farrowing quarters ready just in case. Though I seriously think she will be going to her third date which is May 17. And while we were working hard in the barn I kept getting glimpses of Lady Astor. Her behaviour was different yesterday. She was swishing her tail a lot,…
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The Little Queen
Yesterday for the first time since she gave birth to her little daughter Txiki, Alex stood at the gate looking at the other cows and mooed with longing to them. It was a long soft sound. She was ready to go out and join her herd. So I opened her gate and she slipped through…
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A little red kite
Yesterday Connor our second woofer joined the fold. It is a funny thing how a person begins an intense communication with me as they travel across the country and sometimes across the world to my little farm. As they get closer our txts and calls get more frequent as I navigate them closer to the farm,…
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Harlequin
Yesterday morning I went across to the West Wing to feed the four calves there and found that the little-ist one, who last week scoured so badly she was coating the walls in a bloody mess, was laid down shivering. The nights have been cooler but not that cold. She got up for her bottle then went…
The Kitchen's Garden 